Veiled Collection (page 2)

Zelica, a character in Lalla Rookh by Thomas Moore
Zelica - But there was one, among the chosen Maids, Who d blush d behind the gallerys silken shades - a character in The Veiled Prophet, Lalla Rookh, a long narrative poem by Thomas Moore

Veiled woman mounting a donkey, Egypt, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Uzbekistan - Margilan, Fergana region - Skull cap sellers - note the women are completely covered. Date: circa 1910

Algerian women in traditional costume. Date: circa 1870

Egyptian women carrying water. Date: circa 1870

A Woman from Shqipnija, Albania in traditional costume holding a very fine ruffled umbrella Date: circa 1910s

South Africa - A Veiled Zulu bride. Date: circa 1920s

Arabic Greeting - Egypt - As-salamu alaykum
As-salamu alaykum - an Arabic greeting often used by Muslims around the world. Translates as Peace be upon you. Here, a Woman (wearing a veil and an Egyptian Brass Arousa el Burka)

Egyptian souvenir postcard - Sphinx, Oasis and Woman
Early pictorial Egyptian souvenir postcard featuring deictions of the Sphinx, an Oasis and an Egyptian bedouin woman from Cairo, wearing an Arousa el Burqa (literally the Bride of the Veil)

Mary Churchill in Switzerland, 1946
Mary Churchill expresses her gratitude to her host for the wonderful reception they had recived from the people of Berne, during her visit to Switzerland with her father, Winston Churchill. Date: 1946

Syrian Bedouin Women - Costume series (3 / 3)
Costume styles of five Bedouin women. Only one is veiled, another plays the tamborine and another wears expansive golden circle jewellery as a headdress. Date: circa 1910s

Mali - Tuareg men from Timbucktu
Mali - Two Tuareg men from Timbucktu, holding spears. The Tuareg are a Berber nomadic pastoralist people, known as the People of the Veil

Opium Poppy pickers - near Afyon, Turkey
Opium Poppy Pickers. The pickers have faces covered to prevent too much ingestion of the crop! The name of the city of Afyon is derivated from Opium

Albanian Woman
A woman from Shkodra, Albania

Tarsus, Turkey - Gate of St. Paul
The Gate of St Paul - Tarsus, Turkey. A city in Mersin Province, near to the city of Adana. With a history going back over 9, 000 years Tarsus has long been an important stop for traders

Three Arab Muslim Women - Egypt. Date: circa 1910

Advert for Swan & Edgars womens coats 1909
Selection of Edwardian of smart coats for all occasions, available at Swan & Edgars department store in Regent Street and Piccadilly, London. 1909

Edwardian woman wearing walking clothing 1904
Edwardian woman wearing bell shaped skirt, high neck collar blouse and bishop sleeves. Date: 1904

Two Egyptian Arab Women, the lady on the right is blind. Date: circa 1910s

A Turkish Woman living in Egypt, looking into a mirror
A Veiled Turkish Woman living in Egypt, looking into an elegant oval mirror. Date: circa 1910s

Lastest fashion for women 1909
Three elegant women wearing long flowing dresses with three-quarter-length sleeves, white long gloves, high neckline, hair high to support their oversized hats with extra plumage. 1906

Egyptian Women travelling on a donkey cart - Cairo. Date: circa 1920s

Morocco, North Africa - Women selling Firewood - Veiled women, stacks of wood. Part of Box 171 Boswell Collection - Morocco. Date: circa 1900

Veiled woman, Cairo, Egypt, circa 1910. Date: circa 1910

Veiled woman, Egypt, circa 1880s (Arnoux studio). Date: circa 1880s

Veiled woman with ornate jug, Egypt, circa 1890. Date: circa 1890

Veiled woman on a donkey, Egypt, circa 1880s. Date: circa 1880s

Oriental Beauty - or, to be more precise, a French Model with a painted-on veil and turban..... Date: late 1920s

Egyptian Lady - Dark veil and elaborate golden jewellery
Egyptian Lady - Wearing a dark blue veil and adorned with elaborate golden jewellery, denoting her as a women of some status or wealth. Date: circa 1907

Modern and Old Costume in Turkey
Soon after Ataturk took over in Turkey in the 1920s, there was liberation by women from the old modes of dress. Instead of impenetrable veils, they wore lighter, thinner veils

Head of a priestess of the goddess Vesta. 100-20 AD
Head of statue of a priestess of the goddess Vesta. Marble. 100-20 AD. British Museum. London. England. United Kingdom

Bab Dekakene Gateway, Fez, Morocco, North Africa
Scene at the Bab Dekakene (Bab Dekkaken) Gateway at Fez (Fes), Morocco, North Africa. on a Festival (Fete / Holiday) day. Date: circa 1920

Wedding gown 1912
An exquisite example of a wedding gown in peau de soie interwoven with silver leaves and true-lovers knots. The train is veiled with tulle

Lily Brayton in Kismet 1905
Lily Brayton (1876 - 1953), English actress and singer, as Marsinah in Kismet, circa 1905

Jesus Veiled
JESUS OF NAZARETH When the soldiers struck him, they veiled his face, but even so the kindliness of his expression shone through the fabric of the veil... Date: 6 BC - 30 AD

Edwardian bows, floral and feathered hats 1909
Seletion of fashionable hats: toque, brimless hat that had a very wide crown and Merry Widow a large hat with a large brim, trimmed with bows, satin ribbon, plumed feathers and flowers. 1909

Two women in summer clothing for Henley Regatta 1907
Two women wearing designs for Henley Regatta. (left) Dress is of white linen trimmed with panels of pale blue lace fastened with linen buttons

Women in dust cloak 1907
Edwardian woman wearing a charming loose cloak without sleeves in shantung, silk trimmed with red and black embroideries. 1907

Advert for Gorringes womens fur trim coats 1937
Charming spring coat trimmed with dyed squirrel, in a light-weight woollen material with pretty tucking effect on cuffs and revers. Date: 1937

Floating Veiled Spirit
From: Report of an Investigation into Spirit Photography, Fred Barlow and Major W. Rampling-Rose, Society for Psychical Research, 1933: Floating Veiled Spirit, apparition, ghost, phantom, spectre

Floating veiled spirit head above couple
From: The Case for Spirit Photography, Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, Hutchinson, 1922 Veiled spirit head of Son floating above parents, Apparition ghost, phantom, spectre, spirit, Date: 1922

Moorish Woman - Tetuan - Morocco. Note the spectacular wide-brimmed hat Date: circa 1910s

Marsinah costumes from Kismet
Miss Lily Brayton (aka Mrs Oscar Asche) as Marsinah in Kismet which was revived at the Globe Theatre in London in 1914. Date: 1914

Adelina Munro Drysdale in patriotic costume, WW1
Miss Adelina Munro Drysdale (1896-1942), daughter of Countess Battaro Cosa, pictured in a patriotic costume with the British and French flags across the bodice of her dress

Veiled woman, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

Two Turkish women, one with her face covered. Date: circa 1870

Veiled woman with pots, Egypt. Date: circa 1870

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